HENDERSON
(, ATE WAY TO
CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-SECOND YEAR
CONDON IDENTIFIES HAUPTMAN
/ 935 General Assembly Convenes, Both Houses Meeting Only Briefly
HOUSE PASSES ON
RESOLUTIONS FOR
HIGHWAY SAFETY
Memorializes Congress To
Take Hand in Slaughter
of Humans on the
Public Roads
WILMINGTON SEEKS
REMOVAL OF TOLLS
Wants Bridges Made Free in
Bill Tossed Into Hopper;
Governor To Address Joint
Session Thursday Evening;
Senate Session Lasts 20
Minutes
Raleigh. Jan. 9.—(AP>—-'The 19-5 j
neral Assembly convened here J
shortly after noon today, and while !
M» Senate held only a perfunctory
-c ion. going through the motions of [
electing officers nominated in last j
nights Democratic caucus, the House
• l Representatives launched into bus
iness with unusual vigor for an initial j
s ion.
During the hours' session of the
House, the lules were suspended tor
passage of a joint resolution mem* |
oiializing Congress to enact legisla
i on to govern inter-state operation
motoi ttucks in the Interest of
highway safety in this and other
-tate'. The resolution was ordered I
*ent to the Senate, which had ad.
lcurned after its 20-minute session.
The House also received a bill
fr,.m New Hanover’s T. E. Cooper to
’••'move the tolls from the twin brid
_i-h across the Northeast and Cape
Vfai livers at Wilmington.
\ protest against the seating of C.
r Zirkler. of Alexander, was received
tv the House and referred to the
emmittee on privileges and elections.
The House met at 12:01 p. m.. and
adjourned one hour and eleven min
uin later to meet at noon Thursday.
Th» Senate opened its session at
l:» If p m.. and twenty minutes later
adjourned to meet at nbpn Thursday.
Governor Ehringhaus will deliver
id : message to a joint session at 7:15
jj m tomorrow.
RULES U. S. TO PAY
FOR LOST RUMMER
iVa Fington, Jan. 9 (AP)—The
1 ,it est State.-?-Ca nadian Commission
io arbitrate the controversy arising
'roin the sinking of the rum runner
Tm Alone” off the Louisiana coast
ip 1929 hepl today that the United
States should apologize for sinking
*h«> vessel and should pay Canada $25,-
""" as compensation.
Ehringhaus
Is To Speak
OnThursday
Annual Message To
l egislature Prob
ably Will Be Deliv
ered in Evening
Unity f)i*|Ultch lliircmi.
In the Sir Walter Hnlel.
in .1. V. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh. Jan. 9.—Governor J. C. B.
••hiinghaus will probably deliver his
huoinial message to the General As
rmbly before a joint session Thurs.
y night, it was learned here today.
Ihe message will be broadcast by
1 i 'lio over station WPTF. There is a
possibility that the message may be
delivered before a joint session at
"non tomorrow. But the desire to
'♦neli as many radio listeners as pos
-ible will probably result in a de
cision to deliver it Thurday night,
probably from 7:15 to 8 o’clock, which
' s understood to be the only time
"ditch the local radio station has
available.
1 he opening session of the General
Assembly here today was more or less
!»♦ ' functory. with the election of its
'‘Hirers the chief matter of business
'•(lore both houses. Both the House
;, "d Senate, of course, elected the
oliieers which were selected in the
Democratic caucuses last night, so
'lid the election today was almost
eiitiieiy a mere formality.
'hn‘ of the first resolutions intro
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SENATE COMMITTEE
FAVORS ADHERENCE
WITH WORLD COURT
Washington. Jan. 9.—(AP)— The
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
today voted for American adherence
to the World Court, but with a re
servation protecting the United States
against advisory opinions.
Senator Robinson, the Democratic
leader, said he would take up the
long controverted issue on the Sen
ate floor “whenever I think the time
is opportune." He asserted the com.
mittee action ratifies the Root-Hurst
Speaker Johnson Grasps
Gavel To Rule In House
Three Are Shot In
Minnesota Strike
Minneapolis, Minn., Jail. 9—(AP)
—Three men were shot today when
police opened fire on 302 garage
mechanic strikers and sympathiz
ers who broke a large front win
dow of the McDonald.Gllflllan
Motor Company.
Claire Hogan. 29, of St. Paul, was
brought to general hospital with
wounds, declared not serious. Po
lice w r ere placed to guard him.
The demonstration apparently
was expect!3*V* as several members
of the police department were as
signed to the property to guard
against eventualities.
DRIVERS' LICENSE
FAVOREDBY MANY
At Least Dozen Legislators
Ready To Offer Bills
Immediately
AGAINST TAX LEVIES
Howie Says He Also Wants To Know
If Such a Law Is Going To Be
Enforced If Enacted By
legislature
Dully Dispatch Rnrran,
In lln* Sjr Walter Hotel,
lit ,|. f. IIASKERVILL.
Raleigh. Jan. 9 —A preliminary sur.
vey reveals that most members of the
General Assembly apparently favor
further regulation of traffic on the
State highways. Whether the present
legislaturew ill enact a. dr>rer’s license
law is still a matter for conjecture,
but at least a dozen members have
sncii a bill in their pockets. Still oth
ers are prepared to vote aye on any
measure designed to promote highway
safety.
Carroll W. Weathers, senator from
Wake, has a bill which would remove
from the revenue department the
highway patrol. The Weathers mea
sure would create a separate depart
ment. a highway safety bureau. Sev
eral other members have bills which
would put the patrol in the hands of
the highway commission.
The irrespressible Tam Bowie, when
queried as to reaction to a driver s
license law. said, “I am opposed to it
if it means an increase in taxes. If
they can prove to me that it will be
enforced and that the highway pa
trol will collect enough to pay for it
I’ll vote for it. Otherwise, I’m against
it.”
Zeh Morgan, the new senator from
Richmond, believes it imperative that
something be done to promote safety
on the highways. “Why,” he said,
came here by train because I’m not
as sure of myself while operating a.
car as I ought to .be and as I have
a right to be .The reckless and drunk
en driving on our highways must
cease. But the question is not pri
marily that of having a driver’s li
cense law, but one of enforcemen .
The responsibility should be square y
placed on some agency aftd not lef
up to various conflicting agencies.
R. T. Pickens, a member of the
House from Guilford, is also of the
opinion that highway safety is almost
entirely «. matter of enforcement..
“The mere presence of a. drivers h
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ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. *
s formula for American entry into the
tribunal, but makes clear the reser
vation adopted by the Senate in 1926
! | “is in full effect.”
The resolution approved today as
serted the United States enters the
court “with the clear understanding”
that the tribunal shall not, over an
! objection of the United States, en.
I tertain any request for an advisory
opinion touching any disputes or
questions in which the United States
has or claims an interest.
Pender County Man Gets 67
Votes, McEachern 19 and
Lumpkin 17 In Night
Caucus
PAUL GRADY NAMED
FOR SENATE POST
Johnston County Senator
President Protem, Winning
26 to 15 Over Carl Bailey
in Caucus; Majority Lead
ers Determined Tuesday
Night
Raleigh. Jan. 9.—(AP)—lts leaders
already determined in caucuses of the
majority Democratic party, members
of the North Carolina General As
sembly gathered at the Capitol today
formally to elect presiding officers
and other officials.
The new speaker of the House, se
lected by the Democrats in caucus
last night is Robert Grady Jdhnson,
veteran legislator of Pender county,
who had a runaway race on the first
ballot against his two opponents.
Laurie McEachern. of Hoke, and W.
L. Lumpkin, of Franklin, also legis.
lative veteran.
The vote was: Johnson, 67; Mo
Eachern. 19. and Lumpkin. 17.
The president protem of the Sen
ate is Senator Paul D. Grady, of John
ston county, who, like Johnston, was
nominated on the first ballot in what
had been expected to be a close vote.
By a vote of 26 to 15, Grady was no
minated in the Senate caucus over
Senator Carl Bailey, of Washington.
Grady has served two terms in the
House and is serving his fourth term
in the Senate.
Graham Has
Big Job On
Committees
Lieutenant Governor
Can Further Hi s
Governorship Race
or Not
Oiilly DUiintch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BV .1. C. BASKBRVILL.
Raleigh, Jan. 9. —Considerable heat
is now enveloping Lieutenant Gover
nor A. H. Graham and he is expected
to do considerable perspiring before*
he gets his committee assignments
made in the Senate. For “Sandy”, as
the present capable and affable lieute
nant governor is better known here,
is admittedly on a “hot spot,” ac
cording to most observers, and for
these reasons:
The natural inclination of the lie
utenant governor, according to those
who have known him and watched
him for the past ten years or so, will
be to select his committee chairman
and committee personnel entirely on
the basis of ability, capacity and past
experience. For “Sandy” is recogniz
ed as one of the most profound and
one of the ablest students of North
Carolina government in the State, cer
tainly in its public life, and one who
has been and still is a strong be
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HENDERSON, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 9, 1935
Supreme Court Battle Over
Money Policy Grips Capital
IN SUPREME COURT
Attorney General Cummings
Himself Takes Two Days
To Argue for the
Government
FOUR BILLIONS FOR
RELIEF WILL PASS
House Will Leave Alloca
tion to President; 2,000
Business Men Told at NRA
That Price-Fixing Is To Be
Dropped; Inconsis tent,
Clay Williams Says
Washington, Jan, 9.—(AP)— The
New Deal’s battle for validity of
President Roosevelt’s money policies
before the Supreme Court today dom
inated a Capitol where the Senate and
House gingerly cut into the fringe of
the legislative ire
quests.
Attorney General Cummings him
self went a second day before tile
court, which garligr- this week ..struck
? Mow at unrestricted delegation of
congressional powers.
In the gold case, involving $69,000,-
000,000. Cummings argued Congress
was within its constitutional powers
in forbidding gold payment, despite
the gold clause contained in virtually
all bond and mortgage contracts.
The House took up the first annual
supply bill for the 1936 fiscal year,
the $7/1(6.916,707 independent offices
measure, which contains White House
and veterans funds.
Speaker Byrns predicted to the
press that. despite opposition, the
House would approve the four billion
dollar lump sum appropriation asked
by President Roosevelt for relief. He
saw no connection between the Su
preme Court decision on the oil law
and the right of Congress to make
such a lump sum appropriation, leav
ing allocation to the executive.
Again nursing a head cold. Presi
dent Roosevelt postponed most busi
ness and moved his press conference
back until late in the afternoon.
At NRA more than 2.000 business
men heard that unless industry can
provide differently, the recovery ad
ministration will remove most price
fixing from codes.
S. Clay Williams, chairman of the
Industrial Recovery Board, told the
meeting that NRA’s proposal was that
actual price fixing is inconsistent
with the most effective functioning
of our industrial system.”
Murders 7
Then Kills
Self Also
Mount Vernon, Ky., Jan 9 (AP) —
George Collett, who went berserk dur
ing the night and shot to death seven
persons, killed himself today rather
than surrender to a posse.
Collett killed his wife and four of
her family, then killed two other per
sons and wounded an eighth before
making a frantic effort to escape from
the Cooper Creek community.
A family quarrel over land was
blamed at Sheriff D. C. Clark’s of
fice for the slaying’s of Mrs. Collett’s
kin. Officers believe that the other
two slayings were due to attempts
to block Collett from stealing an au
tomobile in which to escape.
Sheriff Clark led a posse after Col
lett, and troops wtre ordered to the
scene to surround the man. They
were recalled as soon as it was learn
ed Collett was dead.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Generally fair and somewhat
colder tonight and Thursday, ex.
cept. probably light rains In north
east portion tonight
“Jafsie” Identifies Hauptmann
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DR. JOHN F. “JAFSIE” CON DON
Youth Freed
By Alleged
Kidnap Trio
Chicage College Boy
Says Two Men and
Women Forced Him
To Write Notes
Chicago, Jan. 9.—(AP)—Allen B.
Bomberger, 21-year-old college stu
dent from Hammond, Ind., was re
leased early today by a trio of kid
napers who forced him, he told po
lice to write a ransom note to his
father demanding $50,000.
The youth reported to police short
ly after he was tossed from an auto
near the Federal building and said
he had been released after more than
48 hours in captivity, Hei said he
thought his father, Attorney Louden
Bomberger, met the ransom demand.
Members of his family, however, and
Harold Nathan, of the Federal Bu
reau; of Investigation, denied that
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FO fo PAY! HEIRDEBI
Local Government Commis
sion Seeks New Powers
From Legislature
Dully Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh),; Jan. *9.—Counties, towns
and cities will be forced to pay their
obligations to bondholders if the leg
islature approves the biennial report
of the Local Government Commis
sion.
The report says, in part. “Based up.
on its observation of the problem, the
commission has reached the conclus
ion that the most logical method of
coping with the default situation in
many local government units is that
the commission itself be vested with
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EXCEPT SUNDAY*
17 Persons Burned
As Paint Explodes
Htidsonville, Mich., Jan. 9 (AP)
—Seventeen persons were burned,
some so seriously they may die,
when a motor transport loaded
with paint exploded on * the high
way between here and Zeeland to
day, showering the driver and
spectators with flaming liquid.
The transport caught fire and a
crowd of spectators had gathered
when the explosion came. There
were three blasts in rapid succes
sion, witnesses said.
Eight victims were taken to a
Grand Rapids hospital and nine to
Hudsonviile.
ICKES UNLIKELYTO
DEFY WHITE HDDSE
Hint To Make Discharges In
Department Personnel
Was Made, However
By CHARLES P. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer
Washington, Jan. 9.—Despite the
fact that Secretary of the Interior
Harold L. Ickes denies, as “absurd,”
the recently published story that he
had received a hint from the White
House to drop Ebert K. Burlew, his
administrative assistant, and Louis R.
Glavis his dircetor of investigation,
from his department personnel, the
suspicion is strong in Washington
that Ickes did receive such a hint.
If it did not come directly from the
White House, then it came from some
source not far removed from the exe
cutive mansion.
Ickes is known as an official who,
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ANTI-SALES TAXERS
SHOWING STRENGTH
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sjr Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BASKERVILL.
Raleigh, Jan. 9—“ l have been sur
prised at the amount of sentiment in
opposition to the sales tax and in
favor of its repeal I have found here
already,” John Paul Leonard, secre
tary of the Fair Tax Association,
which is bitterly opposed to the sales
tax, said here today. 'T have found
much more sentiment against the tax
than I reallv er:oec*ed.' :
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‘‘Jafsie” Says Hauptmann*
Is the “John” He Con
ferred | With In
Bronx Cemetery
HAUPTMANN TURNS
TO SCARLET COLOR
Face Blanches as He Glares
at Aged Witness, Who Re
turns the Glare; Attorney
Quickly Leads To Ques
tion as Condon Takes
the Stand
Flemington, N. J., Jan. 9
(AP) —Dr. John F. ‘‘Jafsie”
Condon (glared at Bruno
Richard Hauptmann in court
today and said he was the
“John” who negotiated for
and received the $50,000
Lindbergh ransom.
Condon also identified the letter he
received in response to the newspap
er advertisement, which projected
him into the Lindbereh case a month
after the Lindbergh baby was stolen,
and the subsequent notes, one of them
found under a stone, which directed
his activities as negotiator.
He related in detail his first meet
ing with the then mysterious “John”
when the talked for an hour in a.
park. He said “John” was Haupt
mann. and. that he asked at the first
rendezvous:
“Will I burn if the baby is dead?”
Also he testified the man declared:
“I am only go-between.”
He related that he pleaded with the
man, calling upon him to ponder
what his mother would think of his
action, and offered to give him An
overcoat because his own seemed tiling
HAUPTMANN IS “JOHN,” IS
DECLARATION OF CONDON
Flemington, N. J., Jan. 9.—(AP)—
Dr. John F. “Jafsie” Condon today
identified Bruno Richard Hauptmann
as the “John” to whom he paid $50,000
futile ransom for the slain baby Char
les Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.
Taking the witness sfand in Haupt
mann’s trial for murder shortly after
the opening of today’s court session,
Dr. Condon declared:
“‘John’ is Bruno Richard Haupt
mann.”
He looked directly at his question
er, David T. Wilentz, and shook his
finger as he made his assertion, and
his voice was loud, consciously dram
atic.
The point was reached early in his
testimony, Wilentz quickly leading
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N egro Held
On Serious
Accusation
Cliarged at Taylors
ville With Burglary
and Attempted As
sault on Girl
Taylorsville, Jan. 9.—(AP)— Cary
Thompson, 35, Negro tenont farmer,
living near here, was jailed today on
charges of burglary and attempted as
sault on a daughter of Homer Robin
ette. his landlord.
Soon after the alleged attempted at
tack on the girl, 18-year-old Ruth
Robinette, who was in company of
her mother and two other younger
children. Thompson was arrested, but
denied knowledge of the crime. How
ever. later in the morning, Sheriff
Lynn Mays, of Alexander county, re->
ported the Negro hacT admitted at
tempting to break in the Robinette
home.
Officers were told that Thompson
came to the home early today and!
tried to break into the home, and, as
Robinette and an older son were away
Mrs. Robinette fled with her three)
children. *
Thompson pursued them and, final
ly catching them, knocked Ruth
down. Mrs. Robinette and the chil.
dren were scratched in fightu wui
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